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The Guardian: a ring of glowing stone on a barren plain; within its aperture, two starship captains stand turned from one another, while a woman in a 1930s coat watches from afar.
Temporal Archive

The City Beyond Forever

A Fan-Fiction Story
by David Moss
One captain saved the future by staying in the past. Now his first officer must choose: bring him home and let another captain burn, or leave him there and face the future without him.
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The first time I saw "The Inner Light," I sat in the dark a long time after it ended. When I finally dried my eyes, a thought came to me: what if that had been Kirk? What if he could have spent a life with Edith Keeler?I…

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The Story So Far 51 of 51 released
Part One: The Hand That Opened The Door
Part Two: Things I Must Not Do
Part Three: A Reading, Not A Correction
  The City Beyond Forever  ·  © 2026 David Moss  ·  New chapters posted regularly
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